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Rm, m 0 wn CH .m D IW` Lw A d 0 M 0 m No. 562,379. PatentedJune 23,1896.

. `citizen of the United States, residing at Bridge i jointedframehaving a clasp adjacent tothe s milking, thereby avoiding the annoyanceand inconvenience experienced when thetail is permitted to switch andiiirt about. Devices `features and the peculiar construction and willbemore particularlyT setforth, illustrated i `upon theV market.

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SPECIFICATION forming par@ @fj Letters .Application ma` oeabei 5; i895.

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Be it known that I, LORENZO D. CORSER, a

ton, in the county of Cumberland andiState of Maine, haveinvented anewand useful Cow-Tail Holder, of which the following is a specification. ii i The purpose of the present invention isito provide asimple andeffective means for securing the cows tail` during theiprocess of ofthis character as heretofore constructed do not grip the tail securelyandcannot be readily and easily applied, and these objectionablefeatures are avoided by the present invention, which provides anappliance that can be tted to and will securely grip and hold theanimals tail to the ease and comfort `of the milker.

The invention consists essentiall j of a joint and formed of similarmembers which move with the respective parts of the frame and areoperated thereby. i

The improvement also consists in thenovel combination of the parts whichhereinafter and specifically claimed. i i

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated an adaptation of theinvention,al thoughchanges in the form, proportion, and the minordetails of `construction may be re- In the saiddrawin gs, Figure 'lshows the invention applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the deviceas it will appear when placed Fig. 3 is a detail view of the jointedends, showing them disconnected.

The same reference-numerals denote corresponding and like parts in allthe figures of the drawings, and in the latter l indicates the jointedframe, and 2 the cord or rope by means of which the device is retainedin place when properly fitted upon the animal. This cord one end of theframe, and the opposite end portion of the cord is rove througha seriesPatent No. 562,379, dared June 23,1896. j semina 564,5173. (rotanti `ofopeningsB at the opposite end of the frame, so as to admit of the cordbeing lengthened `or shortened to `adapt the device to different` sizedanimals. The cordis rovethrough the series of openings 3 in such amanner as to Ssfw `preventlits slipping after being properly ads justed.

The frame is parts 4, which are hinged together at their in i composedof similarly-formed inner ends, and which curve symmetrically to conformto the rump ofthe animal. A clasp is formedopposite to the hinged partson the concaved side of the frame, and comprises similar members 5,which are approximately of semicircular shape and which unitedly form asubstantially circular fetter to encircle the cows tail. members 5butttogether and limit the closing. of the parts/l. Each part 4 will beprovided with a member 5, which may be applied thereto in any convenientmanner; but for the `sake of simplicity and economy of construction themembers 5 form an integral part of the respective frame -sections andare providedby recurving or folding a portion of the i parts 4' uponthemselves, as shown most ,clearly in Fig. 3, and thefolds are openedsufficiently to provide for the reception of the pivot 6, by means ofwhich the hinge-joint is had between the parts of the frame. By hav `ingthe clasp disposed on the inner or concaved h side of the jointed frameit will occupy a position opposite the space formed between the buttocksand thereby be out of the way and `assist in retaining the device`improper position. j i

. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new iss .s i

l. A cow-tail holder comprising a frame curving in its length and formedof `similar parts which are hinged together at theirinner ends, andhaving extensions projecting `inward from the `concave side of the framecontignousto the hinge-joint and oppositely curving to unitedly form afetter or clasp whose passage is parallel with the said hingejoint so asto encircle the cow?s tail, substantially as described.

2. A cow-tail holder consisting of a frame The free ends of the formedofsimilar parts hinged together, al

clasp or fetter opposite the hinge-joint com-` prising approximatelyseinicircular members i carried by and movable With the respective myown I have hereto affixed my signature in -parts of the frame, andinclosing a space the presence of two Witnesses. parallel with the saidhin ge-j oint and adapted 1 to encircle the ccWs tail, and means for se-LORENZO D' CORSLR f curing the device to the animal, substantiallyWitnesses:

in the manner set forth. RIcHARD T. BAILEY,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as A. II. WALKERy

